Sunday, June 17, 2012

Happy Monday to you all.
Thank you all for the wonderful comments on Gary and I new retro appliances we really are enjoying them.
Did you all have a heat wave like we did over the weekend?. We had over 100 degree weather and our air conditioner pooped out! I'm melting......
Anyway I wanted to share with you a fun and easy quilt I made for my niece Amber, she is having a boy next month. I love bright colors for babies and the pinwheel block seems to be so colorful and happy for a little one. I also like to use primary colors. Amber's theme for her nursery is owls as you will see.

Look close and you will see owls quilted on the blanket.
A closer look.

The back of the quilt all happy little owls with their big eyes just staring at ya...

I used orange fabric for the binding.

I always make a softy blanket its crib size and easy to take along for baby to sleep on or play on for the babies.

I love the turquoise blue fabric both sides are wonderfully soft and so cozy for babies to cuddle up with, Mommy too.

I saw a pattern for crochet diaper covers and I thought how fun are these! so I whipped up a few for our new nephew. I made a few different sizes so Amber can check out the sizes as he grows..

Another quick crochet project is this little lavender pillow I made for my grand-daughter, I enjoy crocheting while I'm watching TV. I found this pattern and the pillow below
in the Goose Berry Patch Farmhouse Crochet book.

This afghan I made for a dear friend in the theme colors of our local football team the Oakland Raiders...So these are a few of the projects I have completed lately. So tell me what have you been making to keep your little hands busy?

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Good Morning and Happy Monday to you all.
Gary and I have been working on our kitchen for over two years now, just when we think we are almost done "Well" we find something else that catches our eye and we just have to have it. As it was with out new "Buttercup Yellow 50's Style Retro Appliances" from "Big Chill"Do any of you watch the Rachel Ray Cooking Show, well that is where I first saw the Big Chill refrigerator and fell in love with it, then I saw an add in one of my magazines advertising the Big Chill appliances and showed it to Gary he too was in love with the vintage look of these colorful appliances. He made a call to the manufacture and ordered the refrigerator, dishwasher and stove.
There are many pretty colors to choose from, and you all know how much I love red and my family couldn't believe I didn't buy the red but the buttercup yellow just swept me off my feet! It's such a happy color.
I tried to capture the true color for you but the light in my kitchen kept changing today. I hope you can see how pretty the yellow really is.

The dishwasher has stainless steel inside and the controls are hidden on the top of the door.

I love how round the top of the refrigerator door is. Its just as cute as can be, I want to hug it all the time.

Even our kids fell in the love with the appliances....

But I must tell you my favorite is the gas stove...Its amazing and so pretty! The color is actually brighter it looks to lite in this photo. I think the stove makes my cooking taste better hehehe!

This is a truer color of the Buttercup Yellow.

We had to wait almost two months to receive the appliances but it was worth the wait.

Paul who is my daughter Desire' boyfriend has been working on the crown molding thoughout the house, he is also installing all new molding around all the doors throughout our home. Here's a little peek at the work that has been going on. We still have to paint all the trim and I will show you how it turns out just as soon as we get it all painted.

I want to thank all my friends that left me a note or sent me a personal note through email with condolences for my beautiful sister. Words can't express how you have touched my heart, I wish I could hug each and everyone of you and tell you thank you in person.
Your sweetness and kind words have helped me during this time of sorrow. Gary and I are trying to stay busy. My sister will always be a huge part of our lifes, although she is living in heaven now she will forever live in my heart...I miss her everyday.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

My dear friends, this is the hardest post I will ever write.It has taken me two weeks to sit in front of the computer to write to tell you what has happen. Gary and I arrived home from Kauai on May 12Th. Gary had elective surgery for carpel tunnel on Thursday May 17th.
My sister Margo is my big sister (I am the middle child and then we have a brother), Margo was also having elective surgery on Friday May 18th.
I called her on Thursday night to say I love you and I would be thinking of her and would call her Friday in the evening when she arrived home.
Gary and I received a phone call from our brother n law David on Friday evening saying that there has been complication's and Margo had been admitted to ICU. Things continually
worsened and she was put on complete life support all within hours after surgery. WE my Mom, Dad, Brother, Gary and I drove to the hospital almost two hours away. I (we) could not believe what was happening (how could this be happening and why)
A few hours later my sister's two daughters and Son n Law arrived, they live over four hours away. Soon many family members started arriving at the hospital.
My dearest sister passed away early Sunday morning on May 20, at 2:44am....I can not begin to express how sad I am. Margo was so many things to our family, wife, daughter, mother, sister, auntie, grandmother, cousin, niece and a best friend. Our lives will never be the same.
We have been blessed to have had her in our lives and I know one day we will be together again. But for now, I will miss her every day of my life. I know that many of you have lost a dear loved one also, and so I know you know how we are feeling...I would like to share a few photo's with you of my sister and tell you a little bit about this amazing sister I have.
Margo had a singing voice of an angle and loved to sing with Gary. During one of our shows we sponsored Margo and Gary sang theit rendishion of Sony and Cher's I've got you Babe. It was such a fun number and a great show...

Margo with her husband David and their first grandson. She was so happy..

Margo with her husband David at their grandson Jackson's baptism.
My sister has two grandsons, Jackson 5 and Logan 2 1/2 and one grandson on the way due in July. My niece Amber is the Mommy of the three boys.
A dear sweet cousin Daniel wrote to Amber to tell her this:I'm so sorry about your mom, sweetheart! I'm sure this must be a very difficult time for you, especially with a new little one on the way! Whatever you do, though, don't you, for one second, think that she's going to miss out on her new grandbaby... she's not! In fact, she's getting to play with him first. When my first son, Gabriel, was first born, he looked a lot like my Grandma Enriquez. My mom told me it was because she was the last one to kiss him on his way down from Heaven... and I believe it! So, when your new bundle of joy arrives into this world, kiss that baby and smile. Your mom's lips were there first.

I just cried and cried when I read this, Daniel had post this on facebook.
My sister had many accomplishment's, she was in the U.S Army and served during the Vietnam War. Graduated with a AA, BA and then received her Master's in Education all the while working full time. She was also an quality control engineer.
Margo and David also flipped several properties, there was nothing she wouldn't take on, she would read and watch a video and say "I can do it" and so she did, Margo also spoke Spanish and would like to tell me (Si Sa Puede) Margo loved to decorated and studied interior design, I told my niece
instead of fluffing pillows Mom is now fluffing clouds in heaven. she was an excellent seamstress and would design her own clothing, amazing jackets and suits.
Margo loved to travel overseas visiting many countries in Europe, as well as within the the United Sates. While in Ireland she even kissed the Blarney Stone.
We would antique together and always see who would find the first three legged tea cup...or embroidered pillow case... Margo had a heart of gold, she supported children in Africa for over 20 years. she worked as a home stagger for awhile until she decided to open up her own business called "2 Paws Up Doggy Daycare and Boarding" located in San Jose CA.
Margo built the facility from the ground up. It was her dream to have a safe and happy place for the fur babies to stay while their parents were away at work or vacation.
Below I added a few photo's of inside "2 Paws Up". It is the hope and dream's of David Margo's husband and her employees to keep 2 Paws Up running. This was a new business that just opened I think In Nov. of 2011.

Written also by Cousin Daniel...remembering how truly blessed Margo was! When she went home to the Lord, she did so having lived an incredibly full life. She had a wonderful family, surrounded by her ... amazing children and beautiful grandchildren; she had a beautiful home that she could be proud of; she even managed to get her own business started! In other words: she was a success! All of the great and wonderful things we all hope to achieve in life, she had the courage, determination, and dedication to ACTUALLY ACHIEVE IT! For those of us whose lives she touched in her time here, we can all be proud of that. Now, it's up to those she left behind to try to follow her example. Live the best life you can, don't settle for less than your dreams, regret nothing, and above all else, be full... full of life, full of joy, and full of love! I can think of no better way to honor her memory than that....

I love my sister with all my heart and will miss her all the days of my life...If you have a sister or brother please tell them how much you love them...because one day you might not have the chance...

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Welcome to,
Home is Where the Heart is.
Gary and I have been married for 39 wonderful years. We have been blessed with two amazing and beautiful daughters Desire' and her family and Bernadette and son n law. We Love being grandparents and watching the kids grow up.. We adore our family!.
Together Gary and I have tried to create a restful and peaceful country cottage home for our family and friends to visit. We love anything hand made and have hand made quilts, blankets and pillows in every room.
We enjoy a good hunt for vintage, used or new treasures.
We hope you enjoy your visit with us at Home is Were the Heart is, and if along the way you see an idea or something you like, take it with you and make it your own.
We keep the porch light on, so stop by any time.